Farmers in Odisha will now reap the benefits of crop insurance coverage free of cost for up to five acres under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Kharif 2026 season, with beneficiaries required to pay only Re 1 per plot towards account validation.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
As the decisive 'Gangstran Te Vaar' campaign entered its 169th day on Wednesday, the Punjab Police conducted 705 raids at identified and mapped locations linked to gangster associates across the state.
Indra Dev Singh was shot dead on August 8, 2002, in Lucknow's Kaiserbagh area while returning home from court.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds promise of a manifold increase in India's Agriculture Economy which, according to one estimate , could add around Rs 70,000 crore to the existing annual agricultural economy.
This upgrade is being carried out through M/s Zoho Corporation Ltd, a reputed Indian software service provider, selected through an open competitive process, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha.
The widespread disruptions, which have left lakhs of passengers stranded for hours at major airports, were termed a "systemic failure" resulting from the government prioritizing corporate interests over passenger welfare.
The student, identified as Amesh Singh alias Aarav, was studying at Mont Fort Inter College in the Mahanagar area.
"Kavach implementation has been taken up in balance sections of Delhi – Mumbai and Delhi – Howrah corridors," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
The airline has called off all 235 flights at Delhi airport today, while operations at Chennai are expected to be affected until 6 pm. Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad have also experienced significant disruptions.
